President Obama In Flint: 'This Was A Man-Made Disaster'
The crowd cheered as the President paused, cleared his throat, and asked: "Can I get some water?"
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The crowd cheered as the President paused, cleared his throat, and asked: "Can I get some water?"
Speaking over waves of boos, Gov. Rick Snyder said he's sorry about Flint's contaminated water crisis.
During meeting, at a food bank early in the afternoon, the president spoke for about 15 minutes before taking a drink from a glass.
One expert alleged such choices wouldn't have been made if its population "was well-off or overwhelmingly white."
The grant will help researchers predict which homes are likely to have water with high lead levels without physically testing it.
Authorities say a person was found dead in an early-morning house fire on the south side of Flint.
Rep. Dan Kildee says U.S. tap water protections are "outdated and a patchwork of different rules," and Flint is a "wake-up call" for the nation.
"Fifty years of complaints ... and no one cared enough to put a stop to this systemic racism."
Work planned with the grants includes improving access to health care and nutritious foods.
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette guaranteed more charges in the $1.5 million investigation, which being led by a former FBI agent.
Two state regulators and a Flint employee are charged with evidence tampering and several other felony and misdemeanor counts related to the Michigan city's lead-tainted water crisis.
The charges will be filed against a pair of state Department of Environmental Quality officials and a local water treatment plant supervisor, according to reports.
An uninjured infant was also found in the apartment.
The Michigan Attorney General's office is planning an announcement in connection with their investigation into the Flint water crisis.
Flint residents who've grown accustomed to using bottled water and avoiding the faucet are getting new instructions: Turn on the taps.
The Environmental Protection Agency's top water regulator says officials are working to strengthen a federal rule limiting lead and copper in drinking water.
Officials say a mixture of sewage and storm water was discharged into the Flint River this week due to excessive wet weather.
"This experience is irreplaceable. They (students) will remember this experience for the rest of their lives."
Three more cases of Legionnaires disease have been confirmed in the state — including two deaths.
Officers seized 50 packets of heroin, crack cocaine and more than $1,900 in cash.
A panel appointed by Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder concluded that the state is "fundamentally accountable" for the lead crisis.
The contaminated water problems of Flint are well known. But the city is struggling with another problem -- a nearly $35 million budget deficit.
An average of 400 families will receive food with each distribution.
The mayor of Flint says an initiative to replace service lines as the city faces a crisis with lead-tainted water hasn't moved as quickly as first hoped.
The Michigan Supreme Court won't hear an appeal of a Flint man convicted in the death of an elderly woman who died when he was 14.
